Cost of Insurance Acquired (Details) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Cost of insurance acquired [Roll Forward]
Interest rate used in amortization calculation	12.00%
Cost of insurance acquired, beginning of year	$ 8,140,379	$ 9,047,984
Sale of block of business	0	0
Interest accretion	1,071,790	1,180,703
Amortization	(1,944,772)	(2,088,308)
Net amortization	(872,982)	(907,605)
Cost of insurance acquired, end of year	7,267,397	$ 8,140,379
Estimated net amortization expense of cost of insurance acquired for the next five years [Abstract]
2017 - Estimated interest accretion	967,032
2017 - Estimated amortization	1,806,137
2017 - Estimated net amortization	839,105
2018 - Estimated interest accretion	866,339
2018 - Estimated amortization	1,672,404
2018 - Estimated net amortization	806,065
2019 - Estimated interest accretion	769,612
2019 - Estimated amortization	1,545,518
2019 - Estimated net amortization	775,906
2020 - Estimated interest accretion	676,503
2020 - Estimated amortization	1,421,353
2020 - Estimated net amortization	744,850
2021 - Estimated interest accretion	587,120
2021 - Estimated amortization	1,302,090
2021 - Estimated net amortization	$ 714,970